More powerful fans for my 03 EVC for the pending summer?

[dixoncj]

Sometimes here in Charleston if my 03 EVC's been idling a long time on a really, really hot day, the head pressure builds up on the A/C til the compressor cycles off. It cycles back up though, and basically functions properly. It's just the safeguard kicking in to too much head pressure. And it never does this if the van is moving at pretty much any speed. I've found - through some driveway experimentation - that it won't do this if I have a floor fan directing air onto the grill when it's hotternhell and I'm doing test idles. Makes me think if I put a pair of stronger fans on the radiator, it might mitigate this problem. The a/c works fine, the fans work fine. It doesn't overheat. It just gets too hot for the condenser sometimes when it's been idling in traffic. Anyone have any rec for some really strong replacement fans?

[greenlaker]

I had a similar issue while on vacation this summer - my van would start running hot on the long grades of NV and UT. The t-stat, fans and fan relays had recently been replaced, and the water pump was less than a year old. The radiator had been replaced about two years prior, due to a truck backing into the van and damaging the OEM one.

Turns out the replacement radiator (Nippon I think) didn't seem to function properly. Once an OEM VW unit was sourced (for all of about $250), the issue went away.

I've had other '01 - '03 EVs, this is the first one that had ever given me any grief with running hot. You may want to check the other components in your system before trying to fit fans that pull more air.
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[dixoncj]

[Zeitgeist 13]

I don't think there's much space up there, especially if you have a trans cooler core, but perhaps a couple of small Spal high CFM pusher fans would do the trick.
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[dixoncj]

[Abscate]

You might be slightly overcharged for that hot climate - you want a little 'less' R134 in hot climates, even though a lot of techs think you put in extra for 'more cooling'

Fail.
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[TDCTDI]

Your supplemental trans cooler may be the culprit by impeding the flow & preheating the air going to the other cooling units, try relocating it & giving it it's own fan.
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